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Would love a Time Machine to revisit 1996
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You’d waste a Time Machine visit for that 15.00 second 1/4 mile ugly SUV?
I once owned a 1995 Explorer.
Nostalgia is great, but having owned that car, trust me, you don’t want it.
Poor ride, so-so handling, modest brakes, lousy economy. It was a Ford Ranger, solid axle chassis, with an SUV body.
Nostalgia is great, but having owned that car, trust me, you don’t want it.
Poor ride, so-so handling, modest brakes, lousy economy. It was a Ford Ranger, solid axle chassis, with an SUV body.
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The Kenny brown modded truck was cool for its era. Suspension and brakes were beefed up
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That’s your opinion
Per the video $42,549 is $89,280 today per the CPI calculator. Perhaps inflation is worse than we even thought.
The first "almost new car" I ever bought was my 1996 Olds Cutlass Supreme 2D. I bought it late in 1998 I think - 50K on the odometer, paid $11K. Great car.
Would be happy to return to 1996. No interest in the Explorer though.
The first "almost new car" I ever bought was my 1996 Olds Cutlass Supreme 2D. I bought it late in 1998 I think - 50K on the odometer, paid $11K. Great car.
Would be happy to return to 1996. No interest in the Explorer though.
I would pick a time machine trip as a guest on the Nimitz. When they went back in time to right before Pearl Harbor in, "The Final Countdown". It would be cool to watch a Japanese Zero fight a F-14.
Although I would hope it had a Captain with a little more experience than Kirk Douglas.
Although I would hope it had a Captain with a little more experience than Kirk Douglas.
No thanks! In 1996 I was just out of college, broke, and driving a Dakota with a cursed transmission. No need to do that over again.
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Id rather go back to 76 and buy all the muscle cars,2 doors and convertibles that people were giving away and store them
My sister and BIL called their's "the Exploder". Apparantly others did as well.
But she did like the SUV utility; now she drives an RX450h F Sport. The love their "ultimate Costco vehicle".
But she did like the SUV utility; now she drives an RX450h F Sport. The love their "ultimate Costco vehicle".
... god ... those were the days from 66ish cars to 76 when I was a late aged teenager
They were even affordable up into the 90's. A friend paid $600 for a very nice 71 Chevelle. I paid $600 for both my 69 Chevelle and my 73,340 duster
4WD
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"69 Chevelle" SS
Absolutely, positively, my most favorite car of all time. (that I never owned) Graduated in 74 a member of that class had a gorgeous blue one, raised just right with wide tires, Craiger rims, headers of course, pristine, done right ... I drooled over that car. I had a really nice 67 GTO with factory stock 400HO engine but always loved that Chevelle.
My wife knows if I get reincarnated I want to go back in time, the fun we had. I would tame it down a little. Was a bit wild... oh gosh and the girls. Life was a blast ... and the summers? .. even in HS and some middle school. I hate to sound old, with deep thought, a lot of things today, seem artificial, corporate. Things were organic back then. Analog ... even the drinking age was 18 ... figured if you could be drafted to Vietnam why couldnt you drink I think was the thinking. I was too young, just missed the draft age, my brother 3 years older was draft age.
Woodstock!! I was only around 8th grade lived 40 years of my life on Long Island NY... remember the news stories, NYS thruway closed down, gridlock. Gosh playing the Woodstock album at my friends house... ... then later Dark Side of the moon. wow... amazing
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My wife typically likes minivans, and dislikes anything sporty. (This practical streak is arguably reflected in her taste of a husband.)
Anyway, Sunday evening we were stopped at a light, and she pointed at the car in the next lane, and commented something like "I don't usually like cars like that, but that one is really nice!"
I had to agree - it was a '68 Chevy Malibu 2-door, one of my favourite cars of all time. Bonus - per the call-out around the front side-marker light, it had a 427.
That era was amazing. GM's styling was great.
I ended up with a good job by the time I was in rough numbers, 20 ish...My wife typically likes minivans, and dislikes anything sporty. (This practical streak is arguably reflected in her taste of a husband.)
Anyway, Sunday evening we were stopped at a light, and she pointed at the car in the next lane, and commented something like "I don't usually like cars like that, but that one is really nice!"
I had to agree - it was a '68 Chevy Malibu 2-door, one of my favourite cars of all time. Bonus - per the call-out around the front side-marker light, it had a 427.
That era was amazing. GM's styling was great.
This was my custom van. I wish to god I had interior photos. I have a friend who I havent spoke to for a long time. we did nightly partying in this van... I know he has dozens of photos. I know the day will come where we get together again, I still keep in touch with a friend or two from that circle. My photos? Well my x wife threw them out.
Interior was rolled and button tuff Naugahyde, captain chairs, arm rests and I eventually put a made for vans sleeper sofa too.Finished to perfection (front to back) by a company called East Coast Vans back then. It was a 1977. The front spoiler is missing in this photo, ripped off by a block of hard snow during a blizzard. 77/78 ish. I still had it, think I put it back on,
Photo doesnt do justice, the Black paint had a nice robust metallic type glitter. Larger glitter than the small stuff today.
Airbrushed murals both sides with the artist signature.
(yes real air horns with a tank and compressor)
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That's a beauty. Dodge really nailed the styling on these vans. In my opinion, Chrysler's powertrains of the '60s and '70s were often better than GM's and Ford's. Their Achilles Heel was typically their electrical systems.
I wish they had built a larger version of the 225 Slant Six to rival the Chevy 292 and the Ford 300.
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